While the engine is out....

[Sultan]

So I need to yank my engine out what things should I take care of while it is out?

Background, it is an 86 B2 with manual tranny 4x4. It has sat for the last ten years in garage. It runs great but needs a throw out bearing.

Thanks, Rick

 

[adsm08]

Why are you pulling the engine for a throwout bearing?

 

[Sultan]

Yea great question. I want to pull the engine to detail the engine bay and replace anything that could have gone bad after 10 years of sitting. While the engine is out I will fix the bearing. Yea kinda backwards.

 

[Ryannn]

Clutch

 

[Sultan]

Yap in the list. How about rear main seal?

 

[Ryannn]

Make sure you have a seal puller... like 10$ at NAPA and why not? its right there pops in and out.

 

[nitrofan1]

10 years? Rear main, oil pan & top end (intake, valve cover) gaskets. Hell, put a new water pump on it since it's out!

 

[RangerBoy94]

GEt a master gasket kit and be set for a long time. Also get a clutch/pressure plate kit.

 

[84bluebronco2]

While the engine is out, get a 4.0/M5OD.

 

[Sultan]

HAHAHA I am not going to put a 4.0 in it. It runs great. Much better than my 88 Ranger.

 

[4.0B2]

While the engine is out, get a 4.0/M5OD.

i agree w/ this guy

other than that

FULL gasket set. rubber valve cover ones, not cork. valve steam seals on the heads. lifters(if you got the money). relap the valves in the heads. resurface the heads. oil pump. clean out the oil pan good. check the mains.

basically, pull it all apart. do the small simple stuff. check everything.

 

[RangerBoy94]

i agree w/ this guy

other than that

FULL gasket set. rubber valve cover ones, not cork. valve steam seals on the heads. lifters(if you got the money). relap the valves in the heads. resurface the heads. oil pump. clean out the oil pan good. check the mains.

basically, pull it all apart. do the small simple stuff. check everything.

^^^
This!
That pretty much what I did to mine and I'm happy I did it and it wasn't that hard to do.

 

[adsm08]

Slave cylinder too.

Also, I will say that the engine is usually much easier to put back in place if you drop the transmission out, and a transmission is much easier to line up to an engine than an engine is to a transmission.

 

[Sultan]

Thank you for the advise "Sound Man". Do you do audio for a living?

 

[adsm08]

Thank you for the advise "Sound Man". Do you do audio for a living?

Hah, I wish.

I am a technician at a Ford dealership by profession. I dabble in sound on the side and run the board for services at church. I don't do anything professionally and I'm just starting to get into car audio stuff. That was prompted by the realization that the radio I put in my Ranger has a built in graphic equalizer.